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One Mark Falls for CU Swimmers on Day One of Liberty League Championships

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Connor Koehler

Swimming/Diving | 2/16/2022 10:31:00 PM

Ithaca, NY – One record fell for the Clarkson University Swimming & Diving team on Wednesday evening as the Golden Knights started off on the right foot at the annual Liberty League Championships, hosted by Ithaca College.

Through nine events, the Clarkson men resided in seventh place among eight teams with 117 points while the women are sixth among 10 teams with 111 points.

Day One Results of 2022 Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships

The record broken by the Golden Knights came in the women's 200 medley relay as Bella Triolet, Taylor Lee, Kaili Sacco, and Paige Fronczak topped a three-year-old mark set at the championships in 2019. Both Lee and Fronczak were part of that mark during their freshmen campaigns.

In the first event of the day, freshman Tristan Miranda took 18th overall as the runner-up in the 'C' final of the 500 freestyle, shaving close to three seconds off his preliminary time in the finals with a time of 4:54.77. Luke St. Amour closed out the 'C' final with a time of 5:07.15, earning 22nd place points.

In the women's 500 freestyle, Gabriela McSwieney edged up a few notches in the 'C' final by taking more than eight and a half seconds off her preliminary time, topping the third grouping with a time of 5:19.41 after qualifying with a 5:27.96. She receive 17th-place points, though her finals time was actually 13th fastest.  

The second event of the day was the 200 individual medley, where Colin Urmaza participated in the 'C' final and finished 22nd overall with a time of 2:04.22. For the women, both Amelia Kanner and Grace Girard qualified for the 'B' final, with Kanner moving up several spots after her prelim time. Kanner ended up in 11th in 2:17.20, which was actually faster than two of the swimmers in the 'A' final. Girard closed out the 'B' heat with a time of 2:21.42 to finish in 16th.

Clarkson saw three of its male swimmers qualify for the evening heats in the 50 freestyle, with Tim Jordan producing the best time (22.11 seconds) to take 14th. Both Vincent Reino (22.19) and Nicholas Miller (22.26) were in the 'C' final and finished back-to-back in 18th and 19th, respectively. For the women, Paige Fronczak narrowly missed the 'A' final in the prelims, and she settled for 10th overall as the runner-up in the 'B' final with a time of 25.01 seconds. Kaili Sacco was third in the 'C' final and earned 19th-place points thanks to a race time of 25.18 seconds.

In the 3-meter diving event, Schuyler Thomas qualified for the finals and finished in eighth place with 298.80 points, slightly down from his preliminary score of 309.25.

Closing out the day were the medley relay finals and the 'A' team of the Golden Knights' men took sixth place thanks to the foursome of Cooper Mattice, Colin Urmaza, Michael Schroeder, and Nicholas Miller, which combined for a time of 1:37.43. The 'B' squad comprised of Vincent Reino, Calvin Woolfolk, Alex Estano, and Tim Jordan scored 13th-place points with a time of 1:40.80. The women's 'A' finals grouping of Bella Triolet, Taylor Lee, Kaili Sacco, and Paige Fronczak matched the men's finish as they, too, took sixth-place points in 1:51.83, setting a new school mark in the process by less than a half second (1:52.21). Clarkson's 'B' squad of Nicole Sayman, Sydney Kanner, Grace Girard, and Alex Barnes was 15th in 1:57.91.




 
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Players Mentioned

Alex Estano

Alex Estano

Fly/Free
Sophomore
Paige Fronczak

Paige Fronczak

Free
Senior
Grace Girard

Grace Girard

Fly
Sophomore
Tim Jordan

Tim Jordan

Back/Free
Sophomore
Amelia Kanner

Amelia Kanner

IM
Senior
Sydney Kanner

Sydney Kanner

Breast
Sophomore
Taylor Lee

Taylor Lee

Breast
Senior
Nicholas Miller

Nicholas Miller

Free
Senior
Kaili Sacco

Kaili Sacco

Free/IM
Sophomore
Nicole Sayman

Nicole Sayman

Back
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alex Estano

Alex Estano

Sophomore
Fly/Free
Paige Fronczak

Paige Fronczak

Senior
Free
Grace Girard

Grace Girard

Sophomore
Fly
Tim Jordan

Tim Jordan

Sophomore
Back/Free
Amelia Kanner

Amelia Kanner

Senior
IM
Sydney Kanner

Sydney Kanner

Sophomore
Breast
Taylor Lee

Taylor Lee

Senior
Breast
Nicholas Miller

Nicholas Miller

Senior
Free
Kaili Sacco

Kaili Sacco

Sophomore
Free/IM
Nicole Sayman

Nicole Sayman

Junior
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